Harry Redknapp has ruled himself out of the running to be the permanent
successor to André Villas-Boas as Chelsea manager, saying that if he took
the job he would never be able to return to North London.

The Tottenham Hotspur manager’s future is the subject of intense speculation
already because he is the favourite for the England job that was vacated by
Fabio Capello last month.

But the 64-year-old has also been linked with the vacancy at Stamford Bridge
along with the likes of José Mourinho, the Real Madrid coach, and
Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola after Villas-Boas’s eight-month tenure was brought